REVIEW: Ryan Reynolds Glows Amid the 3-D Murk of Green Lantern
It's time to save Ryan Reynolds from the comic-book blockbuster or, more broadly, from the kinds of movies that are supposed to turn young men into stars, without really…
REVIEW: Toned-Down Jim Carrey Mostly Pulls Off Mr. Popper's Penguins
There's genius, somewhere, in the idea of casting Jim Carrey against a mini-flock of penguins: Their stiff, flapping carriage is its own kind of grace, and Carrey -…
REVIEW: Page One Goes Inside the New York Times, But Also Beyond
A few weeks ago at the edge of one of the Brooklyn parks, I passed a guy at a table hawking New York Times home-delivery subscriptions. "Already got one," I said. Like a…
REVIEW: J.J. Abrams' Spielberg Homage Super 8 Is Less Than Super
Editor's Note: This review may contain spoilers. It all depends on how surprised you want to be by the "secret" plot details of Super 8.Maybe it's a coincidence that the…
REVIEW: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon Explore the Meaning of Life, and Duckfat Lollies, in The Trip
Michael Winterbottom is one of the great unsung directors, if only for his chutzpah: One minute he's brashly cutting new windows into old works by Thomas Hardy and…
REVIEW: One Lucky Elephant, One Deeply Sympathetic Movie
Elephants are magnificent creatures, possessed of great intelligence and sensitivity, so it's little wonder that people who regularly work with or care for them become…
REVIEW: McAvoy and Fassbender Are First-Rate in X-Men: First Class
X-Men: First Class wants to be five movies at once, and it occasionally succeeds at being a few of them: One minute it's a stylish James Bond-style retro pleaser, the…
REVIEW: Mike Mills' Beginners Overcomes Whimsy to Get at Child-Parent Truths
No one wants to hear about the sex lives -- or lack thereof -- of their parents. But once you reach adulthood and begin to reckon with the horrific reality that parents…
REVIEW: Mr. Nice Spins a Tall Tale of Drug Smuggling and Derring-do
Self-mythology has a bad name, especially among honest, discreet folk who prefer to downplay their good qualities and undersell their achievements. To hell with that…
REVIEW: The Hangover Part II Is a Buddy Movie That's Nobody's Friend
Though critics and other film-pundit types often like to lament the death of movies as a communal experience, box-office evidence shows that plenty of people still like…
REVIEW: Tree of Life Is About Life All Right; But Does Malick Care Much for People?
Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life is gorgeous to look at. It's also a gargantuan work of pretension and cleverly concealed self-absorption masquerading as spiritual…
Au Revoir: Notes From One Last, Golden Night at the Cannes Film Festival
Today the area around the Palais was emptier than I've seen it in the nearly two weeks I've been here, but the air of anticipation seemed heightened rather than…
Waiting for the Palme: Who's in Position to Win Big at Cannes?
The other night, at dinner with some friends, our waiter forgot to bring something we'd asked for. When we politely reminded him, he said, "It is the end of the…
My Cannes Is Better Than Her Cannes: Do Movie Critics Have More Fun?
A few days ago I checked one of the fashion blogs I occasionally visit and noticed that the French fashion photographer and blogger Garance Doré was here in Cannes…
CANNES REVIEW: Christophe Honoré's Les Bien-Aimés Is a Little Crazy and Plenty Bittersweet
Christophe Honoré -- director of bittersweet, entertaining pictures like Love Songs and Dans Paris -- makes films that seem very, very French when you're watching them…
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